Michele Thompson
Office Manager
Michele is an excellent fit as an office manager due to her knowledge and passion for dentistry. She is service-focused, empathetic, passionate, and compassionate. And busy! Michele loves that she gets to use both her front and back office skills. She orchestrates all areas of the office including accounts receivable and payable, posting, scheduling, financial arrangements, decision making, payroll, staging, insurance coordination, and general flow of office traffic. Michele appreciates our incredible patients – she’s known some of them for over 40 years! She particularly enjoys working with Dr. Vartanian and our dedicated team.
Michele has been involved with charitable organizations in our community for many years. She has served as President for the San Gabriel Valley Dental Assistants Society. She is involved with the San Marino Junior Alliance, which serves women with addictions, the National Charity League, and the Fall Food & Wine Festival which supports Huntington Hospital’s Trauma Center.
Michele enjoys cooking, yoga, USC football, hiking, trout fishing, skiing, body surfing, and gardening. She and her husband of over four decades have two adult children and a Golden Retriever.
I recently moved to Southern California from the Bay Area and needed to find a new dentist, which is never fun. I've always been openly anxious about going to the dentist, but luckily a coworker of mine referred me to Dr. Vartanian's office.
Dr. Vartanian and his entire staff were very warm, welcoming, and accommodating from the moment I entered their office. Dr. Vartanian did a great job of explaining everything clearly to me during my exam. I never felt rushed and he gave me ample opportunities to ask any questions that I had. I never felt like he was trying to upsell me on any dental treatment and he went over only what I needed to have done. He was very knowledgable, but also very fun and upbeat at the same time.
Their front desk did a great job of confirming my insurance benefits, going over my treatment plan and copays so that there weren't any surprises. I also want to give a shout out to my hygienist Barbara who was patient with me and did an awesome job cleaning my teeth!!!
- Sebastian P.